a long consultation period, was welcomed by environmental campaigners. others fear that the decision will damage scotland's economic prospects, as our scotland editor, sarah smith, reports. the huge petrochemical plant at grangemouth has been hoping for years to process shale gas, extracted from under the ground right on their doorstep. but today the scottish government announced it will extend the existing moratorium on fracking indefinitely. balancing the interests of the environment, our economy, public health and public opinion, i can confirm the conclusion of the scottish government is that we will not support the development of unconventional oil and gas in scotland. fracking inspires passionate protest, and public opposition clearly informed the scottish government's decision. based also, they say, on scientific evidence. there is shale rock, like this, throughout much of central scotland, a lot of it under ground. here, i canjust pull some of the pieces off in my hand. they contain oil and gas deposits that have ignited this heated debate about whetherfracking could provide economic opportunity

as well as energy security or whether it's a danger to public health as well as to the environment. energy companies had hoped to extract shale gas by hydraulically fracturing underground rock across large parts of central scotland, a heavily populated area where residents strongly resisted. campaigners now hope westminster will take similar action. now england is the last place where the government is advocating the technology. it is being met with enormous resistance, wherever it is proposed in england. this ban, announced today in scotland, will really add weight to that fight south of the border. shale gas is already being imported into scotland, fracked in pennsylvania and shipped across the ocean. the importers wanted to extract gas in scotland instead. i think this is a hugely negative message for scotland, beyond our interest in shale.

this is a message that says that we're not going to rest in science, we're going to accept public opinion as described as being the basis of the decision. experts disagree on the safety and environmental impact of fracking. recent geological research suggests our shale rock is too old to provide much gas. we are apparently 55 million years too late. sarah smith, bbc news, grangemouth. the american singer, tom petty, who's died at the age of 66, was a "poet and a music master on stage" — according to one of the many tributes paid today. tom petty had a long career with his band the heartbreakers and the travelling wilburys and sold more than 80 million records. amond those who expressed their admiration today was bob dylan, as david sillito reports. # well, i won't back down # no i won't back down... tom petty only ever had one ambition. as a child he met elvis, and then

came the beatles, and his heart was set on rock—and—roll. # i won't back down... his songs were rooted in real—life. his band, the heartbreakers, old friends from his home state of florida that he bumped into one night in a studio. i came down to the studio and this band was in the room. they were all people i'd known. so we played that night, and it was so good, i really enjoyed it. so i thought, i have to hustle this one together. we formed a band within hours. we were on the album the next day. he was kind and gentle and sincere. i think that's one of the things that people most admired about him. that he wanted to rock—and—roll. he was in a rock—and—roll band. he loved what he did. he didn't want people telling him what to do. he kept true to his music all the way through.

# you can sit around and wait for the phone to ring # at the end of the line...# it was another chance encounter that led to him joining bob dylan, george harrison, roy orbison and jeff lynne in the travelling wilburys. the tributes today were a rollcall of rock's aristocracy. # well i started out # down a dirty road.# finally, this from his daughter... his final tour ended only days ago. he said it would probably be his last. rock—and—roll had been his life and he wanted to make the most of what time he had. today's tributes to the american singer tom petty, who's died at the age of 66. more news on the bbc news channel. here on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday —

i'm holly hamilton. coming up on the programme, after testing positive for cocaine in april — britain's numberfour dan evans is banned for one year. no gareth bale for wales world cup qualifiers — a calf injury means he's been ruled out for matches against georgia and the republic of ireland. and england prop kyle sinckler will miss the november internationals against argentina and australia after receiving a seven—week ban for eye gouging. good evening. it was back injune when an emotional dan evans announced he'd failed a drugs test at the barcelona open in april. he'd tested positive for cocaine and today the international tennis federation handed down a one—year ban meaning

he won't be eligible to play again until april. here's more from our tennis correspondent russell fuller. he admitted that he had cocaine in his system and he has now accepted a ban of one year because the international tennis federation have accepted that he would bear no significant fault or negligence. he a lwa ys significant fault or negligence. he always said he took this out of competition and yet he took itjust four days before he was due to play a match at barcelona. his argument which has been accepted by the itf is the legal medication he was taking was inadvertently contaminated by some leftover cocaine, which he had stored in his wash bag, and once they accepted that version of events he will be able to return to the talks on april the 24th next year. as you say this will last into april last year, that isa ban will last into april last year, that is a ban that has been backdated. do people feel this is quite fair or

lenient? evans will be delighted with the outcome because he had, as i said, taken that cocaine, albeit a substance which is not banned out of competition, he had still taken it in the heart of the clay—court season. in the heart of the clay—court season. i think this is a more emollient approach by the international tennis federation. there was no need for an independent hearing because evans had admitted hearing because evans had admitted he was responsible for taking the drug and he was happy to abide by the consequences of his action and the consequences of his action and the one—year ban proposed by the itf. the one thing they didn't want was another long drawn—out legal process which resulted in another player having a ban i'd overturned oi’ player having a ban i'd overturned or cut at the appeal at the court of arbitration for sport, seen most notably in the recent case of maria sharapova. meanwhile british number two kyle edmund has crashed out of the china open after being beaten by alexander zverev in the first round. evans was outplayed in the first set and despite having the chance to serve for the second and saving two match points to force a tie break — he eventually slipped

to a 6—3, 7—6 defeat. zverev will play italy's fabio fognini in the second round. after losing five matches in a row, johanna konta has pulled out of next week's tournament in hong kong. the official reason is a foot injury but it's not thought to be serious and she's still due to make her debut at the season—ending wta finals in singapore. football now and wales will be without gareth bale for their final world cup qualifiers against georgia and the republic of ireland after he picked up a calf strain playing for real madrid. wales are second in their group with those two games remaining and will have to stay there to have any chance of reaching the play—offs. obviously like for the whole of wales, it is disappointing news. he is such a wonderful footballer but also what he brings to the team in terms of his leadership qualities and game changing moments which he

obviously has. but at the same time we have had to deal without gareth before, the players have always come in and put in performances which have seen us be able to get results. obviously it is hugely disappointing, when you see his quality and what he brings, it will bea quality and what he brings, it will be a blow to any team in the world, not just wales, but we be a blow to any team in the world, notjust wales, but we have other players who can do that as well, aaron ramsey did it in serbia, and i'm confident in somebody like him and ben woodburn, what he's done in the last two games, coming off the bench he is a matchwinner. we didn't have those options previously. he's lucky he will have players who can come in and do a job and be able to contribute to us getting three points because at the end of the day thatis points because at the end of the day that is all that matters. gareth bale's injury could have repercussions for the republic of ireland. the teams face each other in cardiff on monday evening. when asked about bale's absence, ireland's assistant manager said they have problems of their own. obviously an important player for

them but we're missing seamus coleman, jon walters, they are as important to us as bale is to wales, so important to us as bale is to wales, so that's life. does it make any difference? does it give not necessarily you but the players a lift? i've not really disgusted with them. as i said, it's part of the game, we are missing seamus coleman and he is as big a loss to us as bale is to wales and we have another game on friday night so if you want to discuss the wales game you are talking to the wrong guy. chelsea striker alvaro morata has returned to london to begin treatment on the hamstring injury that has ruled him out of spain's forthcoming world cup qualifiers. it's been reported in spain that morata could be out for between four and six weeks with the injury he picked up against manchester city on saturday. chelsea won't know the extent of the injury for certain until tests on the striker have been carried out later this week. england's kyle sinckler will miss the november internationals against both argentina and australia

after receiving a seven—week ban for an eye offence. the harlequins prop had been accused of eye gouging during the weekend's premiership games. following tonight's ruling sinckler said it was a genuine mistake and an act of recklessness. with more here's our rugby reporter chrisjones. given the severity of this offence and the harsh precedence sinckler is lucky to escape only with a seven—week ban, reduced from 12 weeks, but his good conduct in the hearing and guilty pleas served as mitigating factors. sinckler excelled for the lions in the summer but was left out of a recent england training camp. this is farfrom the response england head coach eddie jones would have wanted from the player. even though sinckler is available for england's third and final november international it is ha rd to final november international it is hard to see him featuring for his country during the autumn. chris jones there. as a professional athlete jo harten travels the world, she plays in a foreign league, and gets sponsorship deals for her car and kit.

not something you might always associate with netball. the england player is back in the uk preparing for friendly matches before a three—test series with malawi in november. sara orchard went to meet her. commentator: what a take. magnificent from harten. jo harten isn't a household name, but with a scoring percentage that regularly spills over 90%, she's made a career from playing netball. i could never have imagined where netball have taken me, where i've gone, the places that i've lived, such as new zealand and australia, but i'm very, very fortunate. i count my blessings every day because not everyone gets to do this as their career. harten plays her club netball in australia, for the giants in sydney. it's a full—timejob with sponsorship attracting big crowds and shown on prime—time tv. the competition has a real professional edge down in australia, so the crowds are attracting 7,000, 8,000 every weekend and to play in front of that kind of pressure, for me as a shooter, you can't buy that kind of stuff.

when it comes to pressure, england failed to win a medal at the 2014 commonwealth games in glasgow. commentator: new zealand have won with two seconds left on the clock. heartbreak for england. they were pipped by new zealand in their semi—final, then jamaica in the bronze medal match. getting so close to something we've never had before is gut—wrenching to get it taken away by, i think it was 20 seconds and one goal. so we want to get that final and prove that we're notjust the third placed team, we want to be up there competing for one and two. the 2018 commonwealth games is fast approaching and harten hopes to be selected for her third games. it's down in australia, on the gold coast, so it's kind of a home away from home for me down there, but to represent my country, to be part of team england and to wear the red dress, ultimately, is my dream and that's what i train for every day. the focus is now england and a fast approaching series with malawi, and two games at the copper box on the olympic park in london. the london crowds are always, in my opinion, the best. they're crazy.

malawi are really sneaky and smart and they're a really core african team that really play the game differently, so it'll be great to get out there in london and show what we can do. the court drama against malawi starts in november. sara orchard, bbc london news. that's great stuff from sarah orchard. that's all from sportsday. don't forget you can keep up on the website, bbc.co.uk/ sport, with all the latest on the upcoming games this week for the world cup qualifiers. before that, we have the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be

to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are ben chu, economics editor at the independent and ruth lea, arbuthnot banking group economic adviser. we were deliberating, what is the collective noun for economists? obsession, i think. i